SON OF THE W S F A JOURNAL WSFA JOURNAL News Supplement --------------- November, 1969 (Issue #3) . In This Issue — , • ■ - IN THIS ISSUE, IN BRIEF, CHANGES-OF-ADDRESS ....................... ....... pg 1 THE BOOKSHELF: New Releases (Ace, Ballantine, Berkley, Doubleday SFBC) pp 2,3 MAGAZINARAMA: Contents of Recent Prozines (AMAZING 1/70; ANALOG 12/69, 1/70; FANTASTIC 2/70; GALAXY 11/69; F&SF 12/69, 1/70; NEW WORLDS 8/69, ' 9-10/69; IF 12/69) .................................................... .................................... pp U-6 THE STEADY STREAM.,.. (Books and Fanzines Recently received) ................. pp 6,7 ; THE CLUB CIRCUIT: News & Minutes (ESFA, NESFA, OSFA, FARA, NFFF) .......... pp 8,9 MORE IN BRIEF, COLOPHON .......................................... .................. ..............................pg 10. In Brief — January Regular WSFA Meetings will be held at the home of Bob and Peggy Pavlat, (5709 Goucher Drive, College Park, Maryland, 2O7uO) (phone 301-3U5-6652), on Fri­ day, January 2, and Friday, January 16, both starting at approx 8 p.m. Meetings are informal. To get there take the Capital Beltway; leave at, the-.Kenilworth Ave. exit, headed.towards Washington, D.C. At.the first traffic light, turn right onto Greenbelt Road (Route 193)« At the next light (about 100 feet.from the first light), turn left onto Edmonston Road to Charlton St. Turn right onto Charlton. At the second intersection, bear left onto Goucher Drive. The Pavlat's are at the intersection of Goucher and Marietta Lane (far left corner —Marietta being the : first intersection on Goucher). See map on page 10. The second December meeting (Dec. 19) and the January party meeting (Jan. 30) '. ' have not yet had their sites selected. For further info on these meetings, either .lj; call or write Jay Haldeman (121Uj. Woodbourne Ave., Baltimore, Md., 21212; ph. 301­ 323-6108) or Don Miller (12315 Judson Rd., Wheaton, Md., 20906; ph. 3O1-933-5U7). ; No info yet on whether February meetings will be at Gillilands' or elsewhere. Let's have a little contest. The first person sending in a correct solution , (full text) of the"Fannish Anacrostic" gets an extra issue tacked onto his TWJ. sub. There has recently :been a considerable increase in the cost of paper, ink, sten­ cils, and mailing envelopes, as well as in the size of each issue of TWJ. We are therefore forced, reluctantly, to announce an immediate increase in subscription . ■ rates, as follows: . ’ . ■ . ” " For Bi-Monthly Mailings (includes TWJ (at -least UH.ppiplus covers) and all . supplements, including monthly 10-page SOTWJ's) — 500 ea., 5/32.25, 10/3U.00. For ~THE WSFA JOURNAL alone (no supplements; bi-monthly) — .500 ea., 3/3L.25, 8/33.00. (Both of the above.are mailed”3rd-class). For SON.OF THE WSFA JOURNAL alone (monthly, lOpages; mailed via Ist-class mail) — 150 each, 6/750, 12/31 <.50. United Kingdom rates .arid:rates for WSFA Regular & Life members r emain the same. 1970 DISCLAVE will be held weekend after Mother's Day: May'15-17, 1970. Send 31 to Peggy Pavlat (address above) "for 1970 fan calendar (art, conference dates, birthdates, publication deadlines, special club events, regular club meet­ ing dates, etc. To go on sale December 15ths Changes~of-Address — . Richard L. Delap, lOlli S. Broadway, Wichita, Kansas, 67211. Ron Smith, Rm. 121, Kohl Hall, Bowling Green State Univ., Bowling Green, Ohio,li3h-02. Trade .Brown, 551-Albert St., Apt. 9, E. Lansing, Mich., ■ U8823. .. ■ Joe & Gay Haldeman, 5611 Chillum; Hgts. DrHyattsville, Md., 20782. : Bruce R.-Gillespie,:P.0. Box 245', Ararat, Victoria 3377,-Australia* ■ (SF COMMENTARY) Michael Bianchi, 4019 Redden Rd., Drexel Hill, Pa., 19026. Kim Weston, 305-B N. Chapelgate Lane, Baltimore, Md., 21229. • 41 • ' - Mail returned from Jerry Jacks, Mitchell1Henson, Igor Wing. Current addresses needed John Bangsund, /AREA, Box 4740, Melbourne 3001; Australia. ■ THE BOOKSHELF: New Releases ACE BOOKS (Dec. ’69) (1120 Avenue of the Americas, N.Y., N.Y., 10036) — Fourth Mansions, by R.A. Lafferty (2U59O; 750; Ace S.F. Special) — "A thunder­ ing . melodrama to think, about for a long time... A. quest into the depths of the human spirit ..." - ■ Men on the Moon, edited by Donald A. Wollheim (521x70; 600) — "A first-rate an­ thology of moon stories! A whole new section is devoted to lunar comments by lead­ ing science-fiction writers." The Time Trap Gambit (An AGENT OF’T.E.R.R.A. Novel), by Larry Maddock (010lx3; 750) — "EMPIRE,-the evil force of time-criminals, wanted Hannibal dead so they could alter Earth's time-line. So they trapped him in otherwhen, a time period he'd already been in, thus violating the deadly Rule of Doubletime: no man can exist twice at the same time!" (With Hannibal Fortune and Webley.) The Weapon Shops of Isher, by A,E. Van Vogt (87855; 600) — "Imagine an empire of the far future'7; dictatorial, proud, all-conquering, whose citizens could defy it at will by merely entering a store and buying a gun! The guns would be super­ weapons that the Empire couldn't duplicate or defeat — and the stores would be impregnable fortresses open to everyone except the soldiers and policemen!" The Yellow Fraction, by Rex. Gordon (91x350; 600) — "The Yellows were detested on the alien planet Arcon —until they built a starship to escape..." The Phoenix Ship, by Walt & Leigh Richmond and Earthrim', by Nick Karnin (66160; 750) — "An exciting Science-fiction duet — two incredible tales of earth . robots and planetary monsters." ; Fraternity of-the Weird, by Michael Hervey (2J?165; 600) — "Bizarre but true documented stories of people caught in the realm between fantasy and reality." Sex and Satanism, by Brad Steiger (75958; 950) — "A brilliant and true account of Satanism — perhaps the oldest religion in recorded history — and how it em- , phasizes sexual and religious perversions." The Great Radio Heroes, by Jim Harmon (30255; 750) — "A nostalgic jouney through radio of yesteryear. Includes actual scripts of the great serials." Also: Great Moments in Hysteria, by Paul Bernstein (illust. Warren Sattler; 3O25U; 600; ". great moments of history in cartoons arid gags"); Mediterranean Caper (IT TAKES A THIEF #2), by Gil Brewer (37599; 600); Hangsaman, by Shirley Jackson (31705 ; 750; mystery); Phantom Lady, by Cornell Woolrich (63o5O; 750; myst.);& ACE BOOKS (Jan. >70) r- . :: . The Steel Crocodile, by D.G. Compton (78575; 7505 Ace S.F. Special) — "Human crisis in a computer world! . a brilliant exploration of what could happen to us before the end of THIS century..." The Best From Fantasy &'Science Fiction: 15th Series, edited by Edward L. Ferman (0J>li51v; 750) — . 19 eerie and imaginative stories ..." Babel-17, by Samuel R. Delany (01x591; 600) — "The winner of the Nebula Award ' for the' 'BEST SCIENCE FICTlOrJ NOVEL OF THE YEAR'." Almuric, by Robert E. Howard (01750; 600) ~ "An exciting tale of the only human ; on a demon-haunted planet and his rise to master and monarch!" Invasion from Space (PERRY RHODAN #lx), by Walter Ernsting & Kurt Mahr (65973; 750) — "• • • Can Perry Rhodan stop the assault of enemies so powerful that they enslave human bodies and minds within their own insect-like bodies. ." ' The Winds of Darkover, by Marion Z. Bradley and The Anything Tree, by John Rackham (89250; 750) —"Other worlds and dimensions unfold in an Ace science-fiction double feature...." ‘ Also: The Corfu Affair (MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. #20), by John.T. Phillifent (51703; £00); Shroud of Fog, by Willo Davis Roberts (76200; 750; "Gothic"); The Vampyre of Moura, by Virginia Coffman (86020; 750; "Gothic"); Memory of Megan, by Marc Lovell (521x35; 600; "Gothic"; original title: The Ghost of Megan); and others. BALLANTINE BOOKS (Dec. '69) (101 Fifth Ave., N.Y., N.Y., 10003) — The Sorcerer's Ship, by Hannes Bok (01795; 950; Adult Fantasy Series). The Dark Stars, ed. by Robert Silverberg (01796; 950; an Original Anthology). 3 Rogue Star, by Jack Williamson &. Frederik Pohl (01797; 750) — "The third — and last — volume in a trilogy by this well-known collaborating team." (The first two volumes in the trilogy were The .Reefs of Space and Starchild.) The Innocent, by(Richard Kim (01790; 95$)— "• • • a stark, dramatic novel about —- a military coup d'etat in Korea set against a background of Oriental deviousness and ’ subtlety. ..." . A Strange and Seeing Time, by Elizabeth Byrd (01791; 950) — "The other worlds : . that live with us, too often unknown, unobserved, become a part of our own time in this non-fiction account of living in homes where entities from other eras far out­ number the present day inhabitants, where the walls of time dissolve to permit com­ munication across centuries." BALLANTINE BOOKS (Jan. '70.) — ■ Land of Unreason, by Fletcher Pratt & L. Sprague de Camp (OI8II4;-950; Adult Fantasy Series). : : . Matrix, by Douglas R. Mason (01816; 15$) — "... theme of computerized cities— perfectly organized hives — making our present urban shambles look like heave©," Alien7 Island, by T,.L. Sherred (01815; 750) — "• • .a hair-raising speculation about1 what ebuld- happen if alien merchant traders came to Earth." E Pluribus Unicorn, by Theodore Sturgeon (01827; 15$)> ' . ‘ More Than Human, by Theodore Sturgeon (01828; 15$)* •' Caviar, by Theodore Sturgeon (01829; 15$)* Tarnsman of Gor, by John Norman (01830; 750). Outlaw of Gor, by John Norman (OI83I; 15$)» Priest-Kings of Gor, by John Norman (01832; 15$) • ' La Strada, by Federico Fellini (01802; ^1.95; 5i"x8^"; illust. with film photos). Bg, by Federico Fellini (01803; $1,95; 5i"x8^'; illust. with photos from film). BERKLEY MEDALLION, BOOKS (Berkley Pub. Co., 200 Madison Ave., N.Y., N.Y., 10016) — / Sons of the Bear-God, by Norvell W. Page (X1769; 600) — "A novel of heroic fan- ' tasy, in the CONAN tradition." (A Prester John tale.) Dr. Orpheus, by Ian Wallace (S1767; 15$) — "When Dr.